Digital BW, The Print

Bernie,

>I just received my new 1290, because my older 1160 broke down (was a 
>real workhorse, and excellent quality prints).

Sad -- my old 1160 finally bit the dust also.  I'm probably not going to
have it fixed this time.

> I hope I will also receive my UT2 CFS inkset soon, until then 
>I'd like to know if 
>someone knows of a procedure to make the 1290 work with the 1280 
>driver. As it is reported, the slightly different drivers will make 
>the 1290 print too dark with ther UT2 inks, and instead of tweaking 
>the curves I'd rather try to make the 1290 run with the 1280 driver. 
>I guess that the hardware should be virtually the same, am I wrong?

My latest sample test strips from Europe suggest that the 1290 works the
same with the 1280 and 1290 drivers.  So, I would not bother.  However, on a
PC all one needs to do is download the 1280 driver from the US Epson site.
It seems to find the right printer.  With Mac, one can't do this.

The latest 1290 test strips with the 1280 UT2 curves also looked quite nice.
I have not had the time to measure them, but I think you'll find them close
enough to use as is.

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com 

For UT2 information, curves, and settings see:
http://home1.gte.net/res09aij/